The figure of 10 thousand was my initial estimate. Now I think it is too low.
People, especially Americans, are notoriously hard to kill. Plaquemines parish.. They say 95% evacuated, looking at the
NOAA overhead images it is hard to believe that anyone lived through that, but survivors still made it out. Five stayed and survived on Grand Isle, though the
message requesting help is heartbreaking to see.
Sometimes I think that you're right, and it'll be far higher, sometimes I think it'll be far lower. In New Orleans, I don't expect the final death toll to be as great as ten thousand, but overall - so hard to say. So hard to imagine.. Then again, it is virtually impossible for me to imagine a damage area of 92,000 square miles, greater than the land size of England, hit by a storm with a core large enough to stretch from San Diego to Bakersfield.
A rather depressing topic, to be sure, but I'll be thankful for every life saved, and mournful of every life lost.
People, especially Americans, are notoriously hard to kill. Plaquemines parish..
I agree. How anyone could have lived who stayed there is beyond me.
This is what Andrew was like. How only 26 people died is beyond me also. But, water is clearly more dangerous than wind. I am fearful of what the toll will be in Mississippi and Alabama.
hit by a storm with a core large enough to stretch from San Diego to Bakersfield. I wish all reporting would include comparisons such as the one you posted.
Example: Lake Ponchartrain is two or three times the size of Washington DC. One extra foot of water in the Lake is x number of feet in New Orleans.
